[mythtv-users] make a copy of .nuv as .mpg

[Jim Chandler]

On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 12:13:22 -0600
"MythTV (Jim)" <mythtv at hribnak.com> wrote:

> Matt Hannan wrote:
> 
> > OK, I am starting to freak out.
> > I have a PVR-350, so I want to copy my recorded shows (.nuv) to .mpg 
> > so that I can watch the shows from a Windows client on the network.
> >
> > Sounds easy, right? Oh how I wish!
> >
> > I guess I am just being greedy, but I do not want to mv or rename the 
> > files, I just want to make a new copy of them with the .mpg extension 
> > and place them in an already Samba shared directory.
> >
> > I tried
> > cp /storage/TV/recording/*.nuv /storage/Videos/*.mpg
> > and I am getting this error message:
> >
> > cp: `/storage/Videos/*.mpg': specified destination directory does not 
> > exist
> >
> > But /storage/Videos DOES exist!!!
> >
> > I know that this has to be a wicked easy thing to do, but I am having 
> > a really rough time of it...and I am even embarrassed to be asking the 
> > question, as I have 3+ years experience with Linux.
> > Is it the wildcard * that is screwing me up here?
> >
> > The ultimate goal is to drop the statement into a cron job and have it 
> > execute in the early morning hours.
> > I will then have the ability to watch/manage the recordings thru 
> > MythTV (as .nuv files) or watch/manage them out on the network as .mpg.
> >
> Someone had a utility to create a Sym link from the .nuv file to what 
> ever you wanted (you just modifed the script)  then add this directory 
> as a Samba share, this way your not having duplicate copies of the same 
> file.  Saves on Space..  I played with this for a while while I tested 
> my MythTV out.  If I had to Duplicatye every file  (show) I would need a 
> terrabyte of space *well I do have this but only 500 gig is alloted to 
> Mythtv.
> 
> The Symlink method worked Awesome.. Run it as a cron even every 30 mins 
> or so, if you are doing frequent recordings or once a day or what ever 
> tickles your fancy..
> 
> 
> jim
> 
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I do exactly that. Want the perl file I hacked?


-- 
Jim
N0VH